THE
2017 NBC THURSDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL PACKAGE is booked on the following
days: 11/9, 11/16, 11/30, 12/7, 12/14, and 12/25 (Mon 4:30-7:30pm ET).
Please see contingencies on each date for complete details and impact to
other dayparts. Please advise clearance.

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Posted: 04/26/2017 03:59:53 PMType: Contingencies and OpConsMessage: Contingencies
on Saturday 5/13 and Sunday 5/14 have been revised to reflect the
following: "Due to a contractual agreement NBC Sports does not control
the inventory sold within this PGA event. Therefore, shared commercial
positions cannot be offered if coverage goes past 7p ET." Please see
updated contingencies for complete details. Posted: 04/26/2017 03:54:48 PMType: FormatMessage:

The
Players Championship golf programs on 5/13 & 5/14 were booked in
APT with the incorrect local format (FIVE 1:34 internal station breaks).
Per the PGA contract, in effect since 2007, only FOUR 1:34 internal
station breaks are allowed during these programs, therefore one internal
station break must be deleted. We apologize for this error. In order to
make good your local units, an extra 1:34 internal station break will
be added to each Senior PGA Championship program on May 27 & 28.
Please see updated format tab on all four dates for details.

Posted: 04/21/2017 03:21:28 PMType: AnnouncementsMessage: TO ALL STATIONS:
THE 2017 NFL ON NBC schedule has been announced. Please see note from
Affiliate Relations sent last night for teams and air dates. Full
scheduling details including formats and impacts to other dayparts will
be available in APT next week.

Friday, April 7, 2017

Since you like to leave little gifts in our In-Boxes just before you leave for the weekend, may we have the audacity to put in a request?

It would be nice to know the full schedule for June. Right now, about 20% of June primetime is still TBA. It's easier to sell a program than it is a time period. Maybe not for NBC, but for local stations.

Thanks!

From,
(In my imagination)
The collective voices of sales and traffic managers all over America.

Thursday, April 6, 2017

Regular readers of this blog will note a theme of astonishment when it comes to NBC announcing annual events. After nearly 20 years of following NBC on a daily basis, I have my reasons. Here's an example:

Has Macy's cancelled their sponsorship of NYC fireworks on the Fourth of July?

Independence Day spectators from coast-to-coast can catch all the action
in the sky by tuning to NBC’s two-hour national broadcast of “Macy’s
4th of July Fireworks Spectacular” beginning at 8 p.m. ET (check local
listings). In addition to the pyrotechnic splendor, the 4th of July’s
most popular entertainment special will feature performances from the
nation’s hottest musical acts. Stay tuned for more exciting details
about this year's display.

But as I examine the password protected full schedule site of APT, on the Fourth of July, there are other programs listed. I never reveal what's on THAT site.. comments made here are based as if all I had access to was the APT2GO website that has always been open to the public.

Sunday, April 2, 2017

A Friday night document dump.

The
White House disclosures fit an age-old pattern in Washington of dumping
mountains of documents on Fridays, when normal people have left work
and are beginning to enjoy their weekend. Not many are likely to be
glued to their computers and television sets to track the wealth of
White House officials.

After all, as Josh Lyman, the fictional White House deputy chief of staff on “The West Wing,” put it, “No one reads the paper on Saturday.”